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Earlier we reported about a highly unscientific poll by a Kenyan Twitter pollster which put US presidential candidate Hilary Clinton a whopping 69% ahead of Donald Trump.

Now we've found another Kenyan poll which puts her even further ahead.   

People in President Barack Obama's father's village held their own mock election, reports Kenya's Star newspaper, external.

Mrs Clinton came won with 78% of the vote against Mr Trump's 22% in the dummy election in Kogelo, Siaya county.

This tweeter monitored the election:

At least five soldiers have been killed and four are missing following an attack in south-west Niger on Tuesday, security sources have been quoted in various media as saying. 

Some reports say gunmen on motorcycles carried out the attack in Banibangou, some 250 km (155 miles) from the capital NIamey. 

It is unclear who carried out the attack but militant Islamists are active in the region. 

This is possibly the most novel way to capitalise on the US election that we have come across so far.

The BBC's Patrick Kihara spotted a bar in Kenya's capital Nairobi has brewed its own Clinton and Trump beers.

Image source, Brew Bistro

Clinton Brew has a "floral aroma" while Trump Brew has "low bitterness". 

We aren't clear as to whether these are just the description of the taste of the beers or also a commentary on how the beer makers perceive the two presidential candidates.

If it's the latter, we're a bit flummoxed as to what a person with a malty character would be like.

Ethiopia has lifted the ban on diplomats travelling more than 40km (25 miles) from the capital, Addis Ababa, without permission, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports, external.  

The ban, imposed under a state of emergency, was lifted because relative peace and security had been restored in the East African state, Minister of Defence Siraj Fegessa is quoted as saying.   

Ethiopia imposed a state of emergency on 9 October to quell the worst unrest to hit the country since the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) took power in 1991. 

Read: Are Ethiopian protests a game changer?

Image source, Mukhtar Adamu Fa-saha

A 23-year-old from Kano in the north of Nigeria has built a solar powered car capable of carrying four people. 

It covered over a kilometre on a test drive and, according to Mukhtar Adamu Fa-saha, emits no carbon into the atmosphere.               

He told BBC's Newsday that it took him more than two years to collect together its parts which include tyres from a Vespa scooter, a solar panel, a battery and a motor. 

Listen to his full interview:

Moamen Soliman and his technical staff quit after a 1-0 win over Al Masry in the Egyptian league on Friday.

Despite the victory, club chairman Mortada Mansour had expressed his anger at his side's performance insisting the team did not deserve the three points.

Zamalek, who were runners-up in this year's African Champions League, have already had five coaches this season.

Soliman has been in charge of Zamalek since August and first of all guided the club to victory in the Egypt Cup.

He then offered to step down as they lost to Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in last month's African Champions League final.

However Mansour also rejected that offer and had backed Soliman, saying he would stay in his role "until the end of the season".

Angola's Supreme Court gave President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos eight days to answer why he had given his daughter the job of boss of state oil company Sonangol.

But, Angolan news site Rede Angola reports, external, that deadline passed on Friday and he has remained silent. 

Isabel Dos Santos became of chair of Sonangol's board of directors in June after the entire board was sacked by her father in April.  

A petition challenging whether the appointment of Isabel dos Santos was lawful was submitted to the court by a group of Angolan lawyers days after the announcement.  

Isabel dos Santos is named by Forbes magazine as Africa's wealthiest woman, worth an estimated $3.3bn (£2.3bn).

Angola and Nigeria are Africa's largest oil producers.

Read: Elite 'hoard' Angola's new-found wealth

A grenade blast killed a young girl and another civilian in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's main city, Goma,  AFP news agency is quoting UN spokesman Bilamekaso Tchagbele as saying. 

The girl was roughly eight-year-old, he added. 

He put the number of Indian peacekeepers wounded in the blast at 31, and not 32 as reported in our earlier post. 

All day we'll be bringing you the perspective from different parts of Africa about the US presidential election. 

One Kenyan Twitter poll, iPollsKe, external, puts Hillary Clinton well ahead of Donald Trump: 

Image source, Twitter

Of course, this is by no way a scientific poll.

Our poll tracker says the margin between Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump is much smaller:  

Stay with us throughout the day to see how the election is being followed in other parts of the continent.

Militants in Nigeria have bombed a state-run oil pipeline near the southern port city of Warri, a community leader has said, AFP news agency reports. 

Four guards based at the Trans Forcados export line narrowly escaped death after the militants opened fire on them, Batan community chairman Dickson Ogugu told AFP. 

An army officer confirmed the attack, the agency reports. 

Image source, Getty Images

Last week, the line was bombed soon after President Muhammadu Buhari met with representatives of militant groups in the Niger Delta in a bid to end the unrest in the oil-rich region. 

The militants are demanding that the government spend a greater proportion of Nigeria's oil wealth on tackling poverty and take steps to end environmental degradation caused by oil spills. 

Read: Nigeria's newest militants 

Image source, AFP

An explosion has killed a child and wounded 32 UN peacekeepers in the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN has said, Reuters news agency reports. 

The blast hit the Indian peacekeepers while they were on a morning run in the western neighbourhood of Keyshero in Goma city, the mission added. 

The cause of the blast is still unclear. 

Reuters quotes an imam at a nearby mosque, Ismael Salumu, as saying that three peacekeepers were killed, but this has not been confirmed. 

He told the agency:

The UN has about 18,000 troops in DR Congo battling to restore disability in the mainly lawless east where many armed groups operate. 

Read: DR Congo profile 

Chris Ewokor
BBC Africa, Abuja

Image source, AFP

Many people in Nigeria prefer Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as the next US president because they are concerned about a possible ban on immigration if her Republican rival Donald Trump wins. 

Already, Nigerian Nobel Laureate professor Wole Soyinka has said if Trump wins, he will tear up his green card and leave the US. 

Nigerians also fear about the future of their relatives in the US if Mr Trump wins, and the impact this will have on their own livelihoods. 

With Nigeria in recession and the cost of living rising, people are increasingly relying on financial support from relatives abroad. They are worried that life for their relatives will become more difficult under a Trump presidency, having a knock-on effect on them. 

We will bring you the perspective from other parts of Africa as the day unfolds so stay with us on BBC Africa Live 

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